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President Bush, who choked on a pretzel and passed out briefly, may have saved his own life by falling on his belly and inadvertently performing an impromptu Heimlich maneuver, experts said Monday.

Dr. Harry (sic) Heimlich, the man who developed the widely used lifesaving procedure that bears his name, told United Press International: “The fact that President Bush had bruises on his face indicates that he may have fallen on his face and therefore on his abdomen as well. That could have forced the pretzel blocking his airway out of his throat.”